Brothers down : : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the U.S.S. Arizona

Title Brothers down : : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the U.S.S. Arizona
Names Borneman, Walter R.
Length 1 online resource (audio (8 hours))
Book Number DB120285
Title Status Active
Narrator Baker, David.
Language English
Annotation "A deeply personal and never-before-told account of one of America's darkest days, from the bestselling author of The Admirals and MacArthur at War . The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history. America's battleship fleet was crippled, thousands of lives were lost, and the United States was propelled into a world war. Few realize that aboard the iconic, ill-fated USS Arizona were an incredible 79 blood relatives. Tragically, in an era when family members serving together was an accepted, even encouraged, practice, sixty-three of the Arizona's 1,177 dead turned out to be brothers. In Brothers Down, acclaimed historian Walter R. Borneman returns to that critical week of December, masterfully guiding us on an unforgettable journey of sacrifice and heroism, all told through the lives of these brothers and their fateful experience on the Arizona. Weaving in the heartbreaking stories of the parents, wives, and sweethearts who wrote to and worried about these men, Borneman draws from a treasure trove of unpublished source material to bring to vivid life the minor decisions that became a matter of life or death when the bombs began to fall. More than just an account of familial bonds and national heartbreak, what emerges promises to define a turning point in American military history."-- OCLC. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Medium Digital Books
Audience Notes Male narrator. NLS/BPH
Unrated. NLS/BPD
Local Subject Unrated - UNRAT
World History - 900W
War - NonFiction - WARN
United States - History - 973
History - Europe - 940
LC Subject Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Hawaii
Brothers
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii)
Nonfiction
Call Number 940.5426693 ANF
Released 2024
Publication Info Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress, 2024.
Original Publication Reissue of: [Place of publication not identified] : Hachette Audio, 2019. 9781478922827.
This item is currently in your Book Basket.